EQ options for Raspberry Pi with Shairport?

[OfficialChill]

Hello

I have a rPi 4 and an Apple type C dongle and want to turn it into an Airport receiver. I have tried the popular dedicated rPi OS:

• PCP with LMS: no simple way to get parametric EQ.
• Moode: very buggy with Airplay, I would constantly get issues where no sound was being played
• Volumio: CamillaDSP kept reverting its settings

I have seen the dedicated CamillaDSP tutorial. Using something like Ubuntu server seems like it would be the most stable, and give me most flexibility? Installing Shairport shouldnt be difficult, I just wonder what people would suggest for parametric EQ considering I'm only using an Apple dongle? I feel like CamillaDSP is overkill

What do people think?

 

[IAtaman]

Hello! Well, I am glad you asked!

I do use CamillaDSP as my EQ solution across Windows and MacOS with a simplified EQ interface I put together myself called CamillaNode

I am not sure what you mean when you say CamillaDSP is an overkill. I would tend to think CamillaDSP is perfectly fine but maybe RPI4 might be an overkill knowing that you can achieve the same results with a much smaller SBC like Rock Pi S or Raspberry Pi Zero 2W.

I have used Ubuntu or Debian, both work perfectly fine headless.

Installing Shairport is as easy as typing sudo apt install shairport-sync on command line. My experience with is was very good - it works seemlessly with all iOS devices and it is quite stable.

 

[Martin]

If you are using piCorePlayer with the embedded LMS you can implement parametric equalization using a custom-convert configuration file. It is loaded on the LMS tab within piCorePlayer. It's very easy and uses SOX to implement the equalization. I have one custom-convert for headphones using oratory1990's settings and one for speakers I created using REW.

Martin

 

[OfficialChill]

Hello! Well, I am glad you asked!

I do use CamillaDSP as my EQ solution across Windows and MacOS with a simplified EQ interface I put together myself called CamillaNode

I am not sure what you mean when you say CamillaDSP is an overkill. I would tend to think CamillaDSP is perfectly fine but maybe RPI4 might be an overkill knowing that you can achieve the same results with a much smaller SBC like Rock Pi S or Raspberry Pi Zero 2W.

I have used Ubuntu or Debian, both work perfectly fine headless.

Installing Shairport is as easy as typing sudo apt install shairport-sync on command line. My experience with is was very good - it works seemlessly with all iOS devices and it is quite stable.

Well I know that CamillaDSP has a LOT of functionality, and I'm literally just using it for parametric EQ. Also yes maybe the Pi 4 is overkill, but I picked it up seeing that Pi 3s were selling for even more on eBay and the Pi Zero was, until recently, completely unobtainable. The other thing with CamillaDSP is I need to work out what config file settings I will need for simple 44.1 or 48, 2 channel Apple dongle

If you are using piCorePlayer with the embedded LMS you can implement parametric equalization using a custom-convert configuration file. It is loaded on the LMS tab within piCorePlayer. It's very easy and uses SOX to implement the equalization. I have one custom-convert for headphones using oratory1990's settings and one for speakers I created using REW.

Martin

I did see the thread about SOX, I'm very illiterate with that sort of stuff... the other thing is I found LMS to be a bit buggy sometimes, sometimes it would reset the interface. I've decided leaving as much as I can to my phone is the simplest.

 

[Martin]

I did see the thread about SOX, I'm very illiterate with that sort of stuff... the other thing is I found LMS to be a bit buggy sometimes, sometimes it would reset the interface. I've decided leaving as much as I can to my phone is the simplest.

It is a little daunting and I'm a software engineer with a CS&E degree. Once figured out it's quite easy to implement. I've been running LMS within piCorePlayer on a 2GB Pi4 for several years. Mine is rock solid.

Martin